Dazed and Refused Private View.....

I thought this was a great idea....

Dazed and Refused

PRIVATE VIEW
Thursday 16th June, time 7 –11

Hurwendeki

299 Railway Arches Cambridge Heath Road London E2 9HA

Exhibiton runs until Sunday 10^th July

(exhibition open 7am-7pm Monday to Friday, 9am-7pm Saturday to Sunday, during Café hours)

It’s tough when your work is unloved but the artists rejected from this year’s BP Portrait Award show that even though they may be down, they’re not out, by staging their own Salon Des Refusés exhibition. Paintings will for sale on opening night from the exhibition of a total of 55 refused artists.– the same number as can be found in the BP exhibition.Entries have been sent from Chelmsford, Cambridge, Birmingam, Margate and Mexico...

www.dazedandrefused.com

Some of the rejected artists with their work......

Rag Factory Exhibition....

Last week we entered some pieces into an impromptu exhibition at the Rag Factory, off Brick Lane.

'ForSee-Arts of Mind' was a mixed media exhibition of established/up and coming artists ranging from paintings, filmakers, sculpture to photography, who came together to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease. The exhibition collected one piece donated by each artist/photographer to be auctioned off on closing night to raise funds for Parkinsons UK Charity.

Here is the lovely organiser, Jessica Sarah, who did a great job organising the whole exhibition as part of her degree course:



Here are our pieces we entered (it's a shame that the bottom one hasn't come out that great but in-situ it looked really good, honest!!):



Here are some of the other artists:




Including Neil Benjamin, whose work I loved, you could stand for hours looking at it and still find something new in there... See more of his work on his website to get a better idea as I forgot to take my nice camera so these really don't do the work much justice!!



and here was some great work by new and upcoming illustrator Lucy Wragg:

Do you value the arts? Support the campaign today!

It's a little late but i've just heard about the petition to save the arts funding so please quickly sign today if you can.....

If you are interested in the arts in the UK then you might be interested in signing this petition to the Government to try and prevent radical cuts to current levels of arts funding, which will decimate what has been one of the UK's chief success stories over the past 20 years.

The Prime Minister has pledged to take seriously any issue backed by a petition with 100,000 signatures. The DCMS meeting about the future of arts funding is taking place on Tues 14th September. So time is short.

The petition is part of a national campaign that is organised by a consortium of London galleries, arts organisations, and artists.

Please spread the word and share the link provided below via your forums, blogs, sites, and social networks.

www.savethearts.org.uk

If you're in Walthamstow this week end.....

Don't forget to catch the last of the E17 Art Trail this week end and pop along to the E17 Designers at the Asian Centre on Sunday from 2pm. There's a few new designers with new quirky offerings, see some of their great work below.

Kirsten

E17 Art Trail.....

grows year by year and this year there are a staggering 200 listings!!

The E17 Designers are appearing at the Asian Centre on Sunday 12th. So make sure to pop along to see them whilst on your travels around the borough viewing all the art work. Check out their website for all the other listings.




This year i'm doing a one day drop in workshop with artwork for sale at Chestnuts House on Saturday 11th September, 10am-3pm.

Full details:
Community Learning and Skills Service
Chestnuts House, 398 Hoe Street C3
A range of CLaSS learners work. Showing the skills thay have gained through training. You will be able to touch, discuss and try a variety of creative activities. 020 8521 4311 www.walthamforestclass.gov.uk

Sharon

Thank you to everyone who came along on Saturday...

Just a quick update about Saturday's Leytonstone Arts Trail. It was a really great day and the stalls at the E17 Designers market looked great with loads of great handmade offerings. It was nice to see lots of kids running around enjoying themselves too, making it not just for the adults!!

I managed to get some pics in during a quiet moment.....

Kirsten

Music at Wanstead Park......

After a bit of a blustery start, trying to erect a gazebo in very windy conditions we finally put everything together for a really good day on Saturday. We had a great position where we could hear all the music from the stage and surrounded by the shenanigans of all the kids events, providing some great entertainment! It really was a great day so a very big thank you to the residents of Aldersbrook who put it all together.

The main stage - all the acts were great and I couldn't believe how young some of them were and amazingly talented. I wish I had a musical bone in my body but it was never to be!



Here's our stall basking in the lovely sunshine.....

And a few of the others including Louise who had some great hand made ceramics which I couldn't resist....

Some fellow E17 Designers, Sarie of Fused and Fired who did a great job organising the art and craft section and still had the energy to host her own stall of sophisticated jewellery.....

Gail from Gail's Windy Day with her usual colourful array of gorgeous goodies....


New comer Hamlila Patel who creates some lovely canvas artworks using mixed media and creative embroidery.....


A local artisan who did some hand lathing and created some beautiful bowls.....


And what British event could happen without the classic Punch and Judy show and Morris dancers......

100sqft launch party.....

It was the launch party for the 100sqft's third exhibition last night at the Cholmeley Boys Club in Dalston. It was a great atmosphere and despite the showers there was a big turn out. All the work looked brilliant, I especially loved the photography of the tattooed man and the hand emerging. Here are some pics from the night - it runs all week so if you get the chance try and pop in to have a look for yourself. There's so much to take in that you can stand in front of it and stare for hours and still feel that you haven't taken it all in!

Kirsten

This was my piece on proud display.....


And projected onto the wall with all of the other pieces.....

It's such a great venue with lots of kooky furniture, artwork and hideaways......

Sssshhhhh!!! Silent Auction at the Queens Theatre

One of the most exciting fundraising initiatives that the Theatre has planned is an exhibition of art work by local artists (including ourselves) running from 11-24 May 2009, displayed in the Queen's Theatre Cafebar.

There will also be a silent auction which will run throughout the course of the exhibition, and by the time the exhibition closes on 24 May, whoever has made the highest bid will win the artwork!

All money raised from the silent auction will go to the Queen's Theatre Development Fund helping to fund projects as workshops for local school children through to producing high quality entertainment for the whole community.

As you probably are aware, regular funding is gratefully received from the London Borough of Havering, Arts Council England (London) and London Councils, but this is barely sufficient to maintain current operations, so the Theatre must continually diversify its funding streams in order to plan for the future.

For more information about the theatre go to Queens Theatre